Nîmes: the Amphitheatre " 192 Tarascon: the Castle " 198 Arles: St. Trophimus " 204 Arles: Ruins of the Roman Theatre " 206 Arles: Door of St. Trophimus " 210 Arles: the Cloisters (_Photogravure_) " 212 Avignon: the Church " 226 Vaucluse: Ruins of Castle " 240 Orange: the Theatre " 246 Lyons " 250 Brou: the Church (_Photogravure_) " 256 Beaune: the Hospital " 264 Dijon " 266 Dijon: the Park " 268 Courtyard, House of Jacques Coeur _Half-title_ Angers from the Bridge _Title-page_ Aigues-Mortes v Isle-sur-Sorgues viii Saint-Bénazet: the Broken Bridge ix Villeneuve-lès-Avignon xi Narbonne: the Fish Market xii Avignon from Villeneuve xiii Toulouse: Hôtel d'Assézat xvi Nantes 1 Tours from the River 3 Langeais 3 Chaumont from the River 17 Blois 26 Chambord 36 Chaumont from the Bridge 47 Chenonceaux 54 Azay-le-Rideau 64 Langeais from the Loire 68 Loches 72 Bourges 77 Bourges: the Hôtel Lallemont 86 Le Mans 94 Angers: the Castle 101 Nantes: the Quay 107 La Rochelle: Tour de la Lanterne 115